Bread wrapper



Sept; 12, 1933; ANTHONY 1,926,359

' BREAD WRAPPER Filed Oct. 10, 1932 -Jty/ BY ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 12, 1933 BREAD WRAPPER Rollie A. Anthony, Port Angeles,Wash., assignor of one-thi Angeles, W h.

Application October 10,

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in bread wrapping bands, and moreparticularly to such bands as are usable in the wrapping of a slicedloaf of bread. An object of this invention 5 is to provide a device ofthis character which is simple and which can be manufactured at nogreater cost than the paper bands, for this purpose, now known in theart.

Another object is that when my improved band is once placed around asliced loaf and the ends of the band drawn together, and locked, with aresultant compression of the loaf, the lock will immediately andautomatically become still more firmly locked, due to the tendency ofthe loaf to return to its original dimensions before it was compressedby the drawing up of the band, thus avoiding any slack in theband andconsequent liability of the displacement of the slices of the loaf withrespect to each other.

In bands of this general character already known in the art the ends areadapted to be glued or stuck together after the ends of the bands havebeen drawn together with a resultant compression of the loaf, but on theconsequent expansion of the loaf, due to its resilient character, bandswhich are thus glued or stuck together will yield or slip more or lessbecause of the fact that the glue has not yet had time to set. This willobviously result in a loose band after the glue has once set; and thisis true whether the bands be applied to the loaves manually ormechanically.

In other bands heretofore known in the art, locking devices areemployed, such as notches upon one side of the band, at one end, and atongue upon the other end, adapted to slip into the notches While suchbands are quickly enough applied to the loaf, still such locking means,being upon only one side of the strip causes the stress to occur only onthe side on which the said notches and tongues occur, which results in acanting or cooking of the band upon one side. Besides this, this tongueand groove method of locking is still further objectionable because sucha lock is unstable and liable to tear the paper and destroy the lockingeffect entirely.

In my improved look a mere tongue and groove action is not, dependedupon, but on the contrary the lock involves a folding over of flaps uponthe central longitudinal portion of the band and towards the loaf, a setof locks being upon each edge of the band instead of upon one edge only,and the flaps, when once to Joseph H. Johnston, Port 1932. Serial No.637,004

so folded over, are firmly locked in their folded positions due to theexpansion of the loaf.

In this invention the inventor has recognized the resilient qualities ofa loaf, and particularly the resiliency of a sliced loaf, and hasforeseen that the said resiliency will allow the fingers of the operatorto fold the flap inwardly; That is to say towards the loaf itself, witha resultant instant and firm clamping of the flaps due to the expansionof the loaf.

I accomplish the above enumerated objects and other objects as will befurther more fully explained in the following specification, shown inthe accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a plan view of the band.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a sliced loaf with a fragmentof the band applied thereto in locked position.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of a complete loaf and the entire band inlocked position thereon.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail View of the band in locked position upon afragment of the loaf.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, reference numeral 1indicates the band, upon each edge of which are flaps 2 formed bycutting the band as at 3. I recommend that these cuts be in the form asshown. That is to say, that the inner ends of the cuts which occur 35 onone end of the band slant upwardly as at 4 and the corresponding ends ofthe cuts upon the other end of the band slant in the opposite direction,as at 5, which has the effect of causing a somewhat more firminterlocking. However, experimental proof has shown me that these cutsmay run straight, .or at right angles to the band instead of beingslanted upwardly at their ends. Therefore the slant of the inner ends ofthese cuts is merely a preferential element and not an essentialelement. 6 indicates the loaf, sliced as shown. I prefer that arelatively large number of the flaps 2 occur on one end of the band anda fewer number of them on the opposite end so that the band willaccommodate itself readily to varying sizes of loaves.

The operation of the device is that the loaf, having been first sliced,is encircled by the band,, as clearly seen in Fig. 3. The operator nowgrasps each end of the band and draws the ends together rather snugly.He then folds a pair of the flaps 2 inwardly towards the loaf, andfinally up against the undermost surface of the body of the band, asplainly seen in Fig. 4. The inherent resiliency of the loaf permits thisdownward folding of the flaps because, as the finger of theoperatorpresses the flaps downwardly and inwardly the loaf will yield and whenthe fingers of the operator are removed the loaf will spring back to itsoriginal dimensions and force the flaps, which have been folded over,tightly up against the central longitudinal body of the band, whichfirmly locks the ends. of the band together. From this it will be seenthat when the lock has once been operated, as just described, noslipping of the band will. occur and that the band will tightly-hug theouter surface of the loaf, with a resultant firmly binding together ofthe slices so that the sliced loaf will readily withstand the usualhandling and still retain itsoriginal appearance and contour.

While I have shown and described a particular form of embodiment of myinvention, I am aware that many minor changes will readily suggestthemselves to those skilled in the art without departing from the spiritand scope of my invention. I, therefore, desire to avoid being limitedto the particular form of embodiment which I have hereinabove shown anddescribed. Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto protect by Letters Patent is:

1. In an article of the class described the combination of a bandadapted to embrace a resilient body, a number of pairs of aligned fiapsformed along. opposite edges of one end of the band and a smaller numberof flaps formed along the opposite end of the band, one of the smallernumber of flaps being adapted to be brought into register with one ofthe larger number of flaps after the band has been placed around theresilient body and the ends of the band drawn together, a selected pairof the larger number of flaps being then adapted to be brought intoregistry with a pair of the smaller number of flaps and both the flapsthen folded toward the resilient body and finally up against theundermost surface of the longitudinal center of the band, thus causingan interlocking and a resultant tightening of the band due to theexpansion of the resilient body.

2. In an article of the class described the combination of a bandadapted to embrace a resilient body, aligned slits cut into the oppositeedges of each end of the band whereby pairs of oppositely disposed flapsare formed, a pair of flaps upon one end of the band being adapted to bebrought into registry with a pair of flaps upon the opposite end of theband after the resilient body has been compressed and the band passedaround the body, which permits the aligned pairs of flaps to be foldeddownwardly and between the resilient body and the longitudinal center ofthe band whereby the expansion of the resilient body presses both thepairs of flaps firmly together.

3. The combination with a bread loaf of a band adapted to embrace theloaf, aligned slots cut into the opposite edges of each end of the bandwhereby pairs of oppositely disposed flaps are formed, a pair of flapsupon one end of the band being adapted to be brought into registry witha pair of flaps upon the opposite end of the band after the loaf hasbeen compressed and the band passed around the loaf permitting the pairsof aligned flaps to be folded downwardly between the loaf and thelongitudinal center of the band, whereby the resultant expansion of theloaf presses the aligned flaps, firmly together.

ROLLIE A. ANTHONY.

